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2) Outside Shot
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
An eighth-grade basketball player has amazing shooting talent but could use a little team spirit in this novel. Richie Mallon is known as "the shooter"-the one on the team who scores most of the baskets. Every day he practices at his driveway hoop, perfecting his technique. Richie never plays any other roles on the court, leaving it to his teammates to do the assisting and rebounding. Under a new coach, Richie makes the team, but isn't given a starting...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Brendan is a star player on a team going nowhere. It looks as if his playoff dreams will never come true-at least not with his team! He feels almost as bad as Ernie Banks, the Hall-of-Famer who played in more games than any other major leaguer without ever going to the playoffs or World Series. But when his uncle takes him to a game at Wrigley Field, an unexpected event makes Brendan see his team in a new light. Could his playoff dreams come true?...
4) Lucky enough
Author
Series
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
570L
Physical Desc
128 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Trey, sure his lucky charm got him onto the Ravens' thirteen-year-old travel baseball team, becomes increasingly superstitious and, when he loses the charm, he loses confidence as well.
Author
Publisher
published by Peachtree Publishers
Pub. Date
2014.
Lexile measure
630L
Physical Desc
125 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Although he knows all the plays, freshman wide receiver Jesse is reluctant to try out for quarterback until his brother, a college player, is asked to switch from quarterback to safety and the two make a deal that will force them, and Savannah, the new kicker on Jesse's team, to conquer their own and others' expectations.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
600L
Physical Desc
125 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Jake, who was one of his mediocre baseball team's best players the previous season, unexpectedly finds himself overshadowed when a new player shows up and the team starts winning.
7) Real hoops
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Lexile measure
630L
Physical Desc
118 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Ben and Logan go to a recreation center to practice basketball with more experienced players in hopes of getting on the freshman team, they meet Hud, who could be the perfect point guard if he is willing to listen to the coach.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
650L
Physical Desc
104 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Kyle fakes a catch, his baseball team goes on to win the league championship but Kyle doesn't feel good about winning by cheating. Includes a section on the sportsmanship of Christy Mathewson, a pitcher who played professional baseball in the early 1900s.
10) On the line
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1999
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
620L
Physical Desc
103 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Worried that his inability to make free throws is making his junior high basketball team lose games, Marcus learns an unconventional underhand shooting method from a friendly custodian but is not sure he wants to use it. Includes a history chapter discussing great basketball players who have used the underhand toss.
11) The final cut
Author
Pub. Date
1999
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
660L
Physical Desc
102 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
After tryouts for the school basketball team, eighth graders Zeke, Eli, Ryan, and Miles find their friendship tested when two of them make the team and two of them do not.
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Lexile measure
940L
Physical Desc
99 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"The National Football league is the most popular sports league in the United States. It's championship Game, the Super Bowl, is watched by millions of people every year. But it wasn't always like this. In the last 100 years, football changed from a poorly organized, often overlooked sport to America's favorite pastime. Here are the stories of that remarkable transformation. The stories of the greatest players, the most successful coaches, the most...
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Lexile measure
660L
Physical Desc
123 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Sam is proud that his touchdown in the final play of a game left his football team undefeated, but when a videorecording of the game reveals that the touchdown was scored illegally, he and the other Cowboys must decide whether to reveal the truth. Includes facts about a similar situation faced by Cornell University's team after a game with Dartmouth in 1940.
14) Throwing heat
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Lexile measure
600L
Physical Desc
123 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Eighth-grader Jack Lerner relies on pitching fast balls until a young college coach teaches him that throwing the heat may not be the best way to win games.